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Rescuers found the dead, who had apparently suffocated after inhaling fuel, in a packed boat 26 miles from the coast of Libya that was also carrying 107 survivors, MSF said in a statement.
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MSF said its staff also saved 139 people from another raft in the area, and Sea Watch recovered one body in a separate operation.
More than 3,740 migrants have drowned on their way to Europe so far this year, nearly matching the death toll recorded for all of 2015 when three times as many people took to the seas, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
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One young woman was intubated by the onboard medical team before being evacuated, to stabilise her condition.
"Sea rescue operations are becoming a race through a maritime graveyard and our rescue boats powerless to stop the loss of life," MSF said on Twitter.
A total 500 migrants were pulled to safety from overcrowded boats on Tuesday, according to the Italian Coast Guard, which coordinates rescue operations in the stretch of sea which has become the world's deadliest crossing point for migrants.
MSF's ship "Bourbon Argos" is due to bring 11 corpses and 246 survivors on Thursday to the port of Reggio Calabria in southern Italy.
CHINESE director Feng Xiaogang’s “I Am Not Madame Bovary” won three awards at the 8th China Film Directors Guild Awards Saturday, including best film ugg boots ireland sale , best screenplay for Liu Zhenyun and best actress for Fan Bingbing.
Zhang Yi, 39 was named best actor for his performance in director Cao Baoping’s “Cock and Bull.”
Best director went to Cheng Er for “The Wasted Times.”
Zhang Dalei, whose “The Summer Is Gone” follows the story of a 12-year-old boy living in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was named young director of the year.
Tsang Kwok-cheung was named Hong KongTaiwan director of the year for “Soul Mate,” while two more films — “Knife in the Clear Water” and “What Is in the Darkness” — won special panel awards.
The US Navy said it has censured three admirals for their roles in a widening bribery scandal, the highest-ranking officers to be punished in the case so far.
Although a criminal investigation did not result in charges for the three officers, the admirals had failed to uphold the standards of conduct and would receive letters of censure from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus cheap ugg boots ireland , officials said.
The three officers "demonstrated poor judgment and a failure of leadership in prior tours," Mabus said in a statement.
The admirals improperly accepted gifts, two "improperly endorsed a commercial business," and one solicited gifts and services when they were stationed in the Pacific region in 2006-2007, the navy statement said.
Censure letters effectively derail an officer's career and in this case, the three officers will be allowed to retire, officials said.
The officers reprimanded were Rear Admiral Michael Miller ugg boots ireland , currently a special assistant to the superintendent of the US Naval Academy; Rear Admiral Terry Kraft, commander of US naval forces in Japan, and Rear Admiral David Pimpo, commander of Naval Supply Systems Command.
All three were punished for their conduct while assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
The corruption scandal has shaken the American navy, with several officers pleading guilty and another arrested this month in the case.
The Malaysian contractor at the center of the scandal pleaded guilty to fraud charges last month, admitting to bribing officials with cash, prostitutes Womens UGG Classic Azalea Sheepskin Mini Boots 1005382 Chestnut Sale , Cuban cigars and Kobe beef.
Known as "Fat Leonard," 50-year-old Leonard Francis of Singapore-based Glenn Defense Marine Asia confirmed that he presided over a decade-long scheme involving tens of millions of dollars in bribes, prosecutors said.
BUENOS AIRES, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Argentina on Thursday received 18 Chinese-built locomotives to modernize its dilapidated cargo rail network that traverses northern part of the country, the Transport Ministry said.
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The locomotives, which arrived at the Port of Buenos Aires and will be added to another two that arrived in February, will help upgrade the Belgrano Cargas cargo rail network, the backbone of Argentina's agro-products transportation system.
The new engines, built by the China Machinery Engineering Corporation, represent "a historic technological leap for the country's cargo transport and the Belgrano railway," the ministry said.
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This latest shipment is part of a larger government plan to reactivate the country's cargo rail network, with a total of 107 new locomotives and 3,500 railcars, in addition to the renovation of the rails and railway infrastructure in general.
The first phase of the Belgrano Cargas renovation entails the renewal of some 1,600 km of rails stretching through six northern provinces and connecting them directly with Argentine major export .